Photos of couples and families
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It takes a significant amount of time as well as money to find, procure and scan the originals of the images which are offered here free for your enjoyment. Please show your support of all our hard work by telling your friends about Sarah's books (and by buying them yourself, too, of course!)
You're welcome to share them with friends and re-post them for your own private projects free of cost, but please remember to include a citation link to this website, www.thisvictorianlife.com
For commercial usage, please contact us about rates.
Thank you very much - and enjoy!
It takes a significant amount of time as well as money to find, procure and scan the originals of the images which are offered here free for your enjoyment. Please show your support of all our hard work by telling your friends about Sarah's books (and by buying them yourself, too, of course!)
Tintype of young working-class men and their sweethearts, circa 1895.
Unknown women, circa late 1890s—1900s.
Women wearing maternity corsets
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"[M]aternity corsets... had extra lacings in various places that could be let out as the fetus grew while maintaining the back support that becomes even more important as a woman’s figure takes on the dramatic increase in weight that accompanies a pregnancy..." -Victorian Secrets: What A Corset Taught Me About The Past, The Present, and Myself, Sarah A. Chrisman, Skyhorse Publishing, 2013
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Victorian photographs can sometimes seem serious to modern eyes without some explanation.
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Photo of children
Photos of maids
Photos of nurses
Photos of various women
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Sheet music
Victorian athletes
In a seaport town in the late 19th-century Pacific Northwest, a group of friends find themselves drawn together —by chance, by love, and by the marvelous changes their world is undergoing. In the process, they learn that the family we choose can be just as important as the ones we're born into. Join their adventures in
The Tales of Chetzemoka
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